Hubungan Status Gizi Dengan Lama Menstruasi Pada Remaja Putri Di Kota Yogyakarta

Abstract

During adolescence, nutritional needs need special attention because during
adolescence there is a physiological growth and development of organs. Growth in
adolescence affects the needs, absorption, and use of nutrients, this is accompanied
by rapid enlargement of organs and body tissues. Hormonal changes during
adolescence also cause many physiological changes that affect nutritional needs in
adolescents. Nutritional status affects menstruation mainly through the provision of
materials to make the endometrial lining again and its effect on female hormone
levels. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between
nutritional status and duration of menstruation in adolescent girls. This study uses a
quantitative correlation method with a cross sectional time approach. Sampling with
total sampling technique with a sample of 62 young women. The results of the
analysis using the chi square test showed that there was no relationship between
nutritional status and the length of menstruation in adolescent girls in the city of
Yogyakarta, which was indicated by the p value = 0.831. 

Keywords: nutritional status, duration of menstruation.